In a news posting on Perception's website, the company states that "any suggestion that JoWooD has rights to Stargate SG-1: The Alliance upon termination of the contract is incorrect and not based on commercial or legal fact." Perception states that they, not JoWooD, are the official licensee of Stargate SG-1: The Alliance and that development of the game will continue "uninterrupted" at the developer's Sydney studio.

Ben Lenzo, CEO of Perception, called JoWooD's previous statements "misleading and libelous" and that JoWooD had previously acknowledged being "in breach of contract in a number of areas including many legal and confidentiality breaches as well as several financial defaults for work performed by Perception and accepted by JoWooD."

According to Perception, the company tried to correct the situation with JoWooD on several occassions but was unable to do so, with the result that several breach notices were served by Perception upon JoWooD. Perception goes on to state that because the outstanding issues had not been resolved by August 5th 2005, the company would terminate its contract with JoWooD on August 8th. It is worth noting that the initial statements by JoWooD on August 5th indicated that it had initiated the termination of the agreement and not Perception.

Perception goes on to state that the company has initiated "personal prosecution proceedings" against Andreas Rudas, the Chairman and CEO of JoWooD, for "libelous comments made in their press release," and that Perception "will use all legal remedies available to it for the substantial monies owed to it by JoWooD."

Because of the legal proceedings, Perception will no longer comment on the issues surrounding the JoWooD situation but is "looking forward to the release of Stargate SG-1: The Alliance."

While no further information on the status of the game itself was revealed, you can be assured that we will keep track of this developing story right here at IGN.